That amount of time is starting to come down. We were also quite surprised when we first started looking at vaccines that they were such a life-saving advance.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

And still another group, the American Institute of Philanthropy, considers at least sixty percent to be an acceptable amount for program activities.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

They are the amount a person drinks on average and heavy drinking at one time, called "binge drinking."

VOA: special.2009.09.08

Eating more meals at home could reduce the amount of salt and fat in the American diet.

VOA: special.2010.12.27

Being in a warmer environment,up to a point, will lead to decreased energy expenditure and therefore, at the same amount of food intake,weight gain."

VOA: special.2010.12.21

They say the vaccines could be kept at thirty-seven degrees for a year or more with only small losses in the amount of vaccine.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

He would have to pay a small amount of money at the beginning of the game.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

The total amount of activity should be spread over at least three days throughout the week.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

At about nineteen-thousand meters, the air is so thin and the amount of oxygen so small that a person needs a lot of special equipment to survive.

VOA: special.2011.04.06

The research company Outsell puts the amount at two and a half billion.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

We've been working to make our schools healthier. We've been working to increase the amount of physical activity that our kids are getting, not just during the day at school but also at home.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

"Safety and security of our volunteers is absolutely our top priority and we are continually looking at this topic and I have to say that in the last few years we have done an amazing amount of work to try to improve both our systems to support volunteers, to ensure confidentiality and to strengthen their preparedness and training."

VOA: special.2011.03.28

"We estimate in WHO that over thirty million lives can be saved in the next ten years by simple measures -- reducing the level of salt by fifteen to twenty percent, reducing the amount of tobacco, and increasing the number of people who are at risk of a heart attack and stroke to be on simple preventive treatment."

VOA: special.2011.05.11

"The amount of damages the cases will be claiming, you are looking at approximately eight to 10 million cars.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Researchers at Wake Forest University looked at a certain protein that regulates iron and studied the amount of it in breast cancer cells.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05